French Presence
3:20 min. - This was the period of the seigneuries and the “Canaïens”.
Transcription
Narrator - The french separated the land in two parts, choosing the Moisie River as a border. To the west it’s le Domaine du Roy, the King’s Domain, his monopoly on the fur trade, whose metropolis is Tadoussac. To the east, the land is divided in seigneuries as the Anticosti seigneurie or that of Mingan given for all times to the explorer Louis Joliet. And everywhere fishing for cod and hunting seals and fur trading is the work.
Fiction - Louis Joliet
There are your wolfskin and beaverskins. Unfortunately, there are two more beaverskins rolled up. If possible, I'd prefer if they were laid flat. It's wonderful. so for the wolfskin, you have the "casserole" and those two cups. And for the rest, you have the gun, bags and the red blanket, it's new, it's survey blanket.
Zacharie Bellefleur - I need some bullets.
Louis Joliet - I'll trade de bullets for your coat. This coat is exactly made for me. Come on my friend.
Zacharie Bellefleur - I don't know whether Peter will be pleased with me swapping his coat?
Louis Joliet - This coat is absolutely beautiful. Iame, my friend!
Narrator - The meeting of French and Indians is based on commerce, on the fur trade, and it means collaboration and good faith between indian trappers and french tradesmen, collaboration to has be true as the french are in unknown territory. In fact on these lands newly discovered by the europeans the indians are sovereigns. And to make the fur trade possible, indians must operate freely on their land. This logical conclusion is acceptable to all. During the last century of the french regime around 25 million beaver skins were sent to France. Add to that hundreds of thousands of otter. marten, fox, muskuat, mink, badger, wolf, bear, moose, elk, caribou, seal skins. If one is to understand the importance of the fur trade, think about oil, now. The french have not much choice, their strength is in the alliance with the indian nations. It is the only way to go on with their colonial business in North America where the british are so very superior in number. In 1667, Louis the Fourteenth officially wishes for intermarriages, that the french and the indians become one nation, one blood. Métissage royally encouraged.
Music - Philippe Mckenzie
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French Presence
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